French Beef Stew

I made the recipe as written with the exception of flour type. I used gluten free all purpose flour. Like many other reviewers this was more soupy than stew-y and I do not think it was because of the flour type (I use gluten free flour as a thickener all of the time). The flavor of the stew gave more vegetable beef soup flavor than a traditional stew as well. It wasn't bad, but not what my family was expecting when I said beef stew.

So delicious!! I used 2 cans of stewed tomatoes instead of diced tomatoes because it was all I had. I also used spicy brown mustard instead of Dijon,... again, all I had. This was the most flavorful beef stew - this is my new favorite beef stew recipe. I ate it tonight for dinner, but I can’t wait to have it tomorrow for lunch!

A flavorful beef stew. Made "as-is", it's alright. I think the mustard is a bit too strong. This is how I would personally change the recipe in the future: slightly brown some diced onion in a skillet to add in with the rest of the ingredients after the meat is finished browning, use half as much mustard, and add a little more thyme. Adding the potatoes and carrots 15 minutes after the heat is reduced resulted in soft potatoes but perfect carrots, I might let it simmer for 20-25 minutes before adding them in the future. After this changes, I'd give the recipe another star for sure!

I made this recipe pretty much as is but doubled all ingredients as I'm feeding a largeish family. I feel I want to add less mustard next time though. Very good recipe, would make again :)